Marketable production of lignite⁽¹⁾ increased by 27.1% in June compared to the previous month. On the other hand, its production decreased by 21.1% in January-June period compared to the same period of the previous year and by 19.2% compared to the same month of the previous year.

Marketable production of hard coal was 105 thousand 134 tonnes in June

Marketable production of hard coal increased by 505.8% in June compared to the previous month, and by 31.9% compared to the same month of the previous year. However, its production decreased by 24.8% in January-June period compared to the same period of the previous year.

Marketable production of coke derived from hard coal increased by 3.2% in June compared to the previous month and by 0.9% compared to the same month of the previous year. On the other hand, its production decreased by 1.9% in January-June period compared to the same period of the previous year.

Imports of hard coal increased by 47.4% compared to the previous month

Imports of hard coal increased by 47.4% in June compared to the previous month, by 3.3% compared to the same month of the previous year, and by 5.1% in January-June period compared to the same period of the previous year.

Imports of coke derived from hard coal increased by 40.8% in June compared to the same month of the previous year. On the other hand, its import decreased by 6.3% compared to the previous month and by 7.2% in January-June period compared to the same period of the previous year.

The highest ratio of production to deliveries was in lignite in January-June period

The highest ratio⁽²⁾ of production to deliveries was in lignite by 104.7%. This ratio was 89.5% for coke derived from hard coal and 2.7% for hard coal in January-June period.

Hard coal and lignite were delivered mostly to thermal power plants

Concerning the deliveries of solid fuels in June, hard coal was delivered with a percentage of 58.7% to thermal power plants, 16.1% to coking plants, and 9.4% to industry (except iron and steel industry). Additionally, 85.9% of lignite was delivered to thermal power plants and 9.4% to industry (except iron and steel industry). Lastly, 97.9% of coke derived from hard coal was delivered to iron and steel industry.

The next release on this subject will be on September 25, 2020.
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EXPLANATIONS

(1) Asphaltite is included within lignite.
(2) It shows the proportion of marketable production in deliveries.
Ratio of production to deliveries = (marketable production quantity / delivery quantity)*100

Marketable production of lignite⁽¹⁾ decreased by 2.2% in May compared to the previous month; by 21.5% in January-May period compared to the same period of the previous year; and by 42.0% compared to the same month of the previous year.

Marketable production of hard coal was 17 thousand 354 tonnes in May

Marketable production of hard coal increased by 30.7% in May compared to the previous month. On the other hand, its production decreased by 33.6% in January-May period compared to the same period of the previous year and by 84.2% compared to the same month of the previous year.

Marketable production of coke derived from hard coal increased by 2.0% in May compared to the previous month. However, its production decreased by 2.5% in January-May period compared to the same period of the previous year and by 7.0% compared to the same month of the previous year.

Imports of hard coal increased by 5.5% compared to the same period of the previous year

Imports of hard coal increased by 5.5% in January-May period compared to the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, its import decreased by 6.0% in May compared to the previous month and by 13.0% compared to the same month of the previous year.

Imports of coke derived from hard coal decreased by 53.2% in May compared to the previous month; by 11.5% in January-May period compared to the same period of the previous year; and by 49.4% compared to the same month of the previous year.

The highest ratio of production to deliveries was in lignite in January-May period

The highest ratio⁽²⁾ of production to deliveries was in lignite by 107.4%. This ratio was 90.1% for coke derived from hard coal and 2.5% for hard coal in January-May period.

Hard coal and lignite were delivered mostly to thermal power plants

Concerning the deliveries of solid fuels in May, hard coal was delivered with a percentage of 50.5% to thermal power plants, 24.0% to coking plants, and 12.5% to industry (except iron and steel industry). Additionally, 86.1% of lignite was delivered to thermal power plants and 9.8% to industry (except iron and steel industry). Lastly, 98.8% of coke derived from hard coal was delivered to iron and steel industry.

The next release on this subject will be on August 24, 2020.
                                                                                                                                                                                 

EXPLANATIONS

(1) Asphaltite is included within lignite.
(2) It shows the proportion of marketable production in deliveries.
Ratio of production to deliveries = (marketable production quantity / delivery quantity)*100

Marketable production of lignite⁽¹⁾ decreased by 1.0% in March compared to the previous month. In January-March period, its production decreased by 8.2% when compared to the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, its production decreased by 21.1% compared to the same month of the previous year.

Marketable production of hard coal was 101 thousand 172 tonnes in March

Marketable production of hard coal increased by 2.3% in January-March period compared to the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, its production decreased by 1.6% compared to the previous month and by 6.7% compared to the same month of the previous year in March.

Marketable production of coke derived from hard coal increased by 7.1% in March compared to the previous month and by 0.6% in January-March period compared to the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, its production decreased by 1.8% compared to the same month of the previous year.

Imports of hard coal increased by 56.2% compared to the previous month

Imports of hard coal increased by 56.2% in March compared to the previous month and by 13.4% compared to the same month of the previous year and by 11.0% in January-March period compared to the same period of the previous year.

Imports of coke derived from hard coal increased by 19.8% in March compared to the previous month. On the other hand, it decreased by 23.1% in January-March period compared to the same period of the previous year, by 34.8% in March compared to the same month of the previous year.

The highest ratio of production to deliveries was in lignite in January-March period

The highest ratio⁽²⁾ of production to deliveries was in lignite by 107.9%. This ratio was 84.6% for coke derived from hard coal and 3.2% for hard coal in January-March period.

Hard coal and lignite were delivered mostly to thermal power plants

Concerning the deliveries of solid fuels in March, hard coal was delivered with a percentage of 56.0% to thermal power plants, 21.6% to coking plants, and 9.6% to industry (except iron and steel industry). On the other hand, 87.2% of lignite was delivered to thermal power plants and 9.7% to industry (except iron and steel industry). Lastly, 95.4% of coke derived from hard coal was delivered to iron and steel industry.

The next release on this subject will be on June 25, 2020.    
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EXPLANATIONS

(1) Asphaltite is included within lignite.
(2) It shows the proportion of marketable production in deliveries.
Ratio of production to deliveries = (marketable production quantity / delivery quantity)*100

Marketable production of lignite⁽¹⁾ decreased by 13.6% in February compared to the same month of the previous year and by 13.6% compared to the previous month. In January-February period, its production decreased by 1.1% when compared to the same period of the previous year.

Marketable production of hard coal was 102 thousand 852 tonnes in February

Marketable production of hard coal increased by 7.2% in January-February period compared to the same period of the previous year and by 7.0% in February compared to the same month of the previous year. On the other hand, its production decreased by 4.4% compared to the previous month.

Marketable production of coke derived from hard coal increased by 4.3% in February compared to the same month of the previous year and by 1.9% in January-February period compared to the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, its production decreased by 7.0% compared to the previous month.

Imports of hard coal increased by 9.7% compared to the same period of the previous year

Imports of hard coal increased by 9.7% in January-February period compared to the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, its imports decreased by 12.9% compared to the same month of the previous year and by 44.4% compared to the previous month.

Imports of coke derived from hard coal increased by 177.9% in February compared to the same month of the previous year. On the other hand, it decreased by 17.0% in January-February period compared to the same period of the previous year, by 46.7% in February compared to the previous month.

The highest ratio of production to deliveries was in lignite in January-February period

The highest ratio⁽²⁾ of production to deliveries was in lignite by 109.5%. This ratio was 83.9% for coke derived from hard coal and 3.2% for hard coal in January-February period.

Hard coal and lignite were delivered mostly to thermal power plants

Concerning the deliveries of solid fuels in February, hard coal was delivered with a percentage of 58.4% to thermal power plants, 17.6% to coking plants, and 8.0% to industry (except iron and steel industry). On the other hand, 85.3% of lignite was delivered to thermal power plants and 10.3% to industry (except iron and steel industry). Lastly, 97.9% of coke derived from hard coal was delivered to iron and steel industry.

The next release on this subject will be on May 21, 2020.
                                                                                                                                                                   

EXPLANATIONS

(1) Asphaltite is included within lignite.
(2) It shows the proportion of marketable production in deliveries.
Ratio of production to deliveries = (marketable production quantity / delivery quantity)*100

Marketable production of lignite was 6 million 811 thousand 105 tonnes in December

Marketable production of lignite⁽¹⁾ increased by 13.5% in December compared to the same month of the previous year and by 0.02% in January-December period compared to the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, its production decreased by 4.8% compared to the previous month.

Marketable production of hard coal was 102 thousand 392 tonnes in December

Marketable production of hard coal increased by 12.8% in December compared to the same month of the previous year, by 8.6% in January-December period compared to the same period of the previous year, and by 2.3% compared to the previous month.

Marketable production of coke derived from hard coal decreased by 0.4% in December compared to the same month of the previous year and by 1.6% in January-December period compared to the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, its production increased by 4.4% compared to the previous month.

Imports of hard coal increased by 6.2% compared to the same month of the previous year

Imports of hard coal increased by 6.2% compared to the same month of the previous year. On the other hand, its imports decreased by 2.8% in January-December period compared to the same period of the previous year and by 9.2% compared to the previous month.

Imports of coke derived from hard coal increased by 265% compared to the same month of the previous year, by 370.7% compared to the previous month. On the other hand its imports decreased by 18.4% in January-December period compared to the same period of the previous year.

The highest ratio of production to deliveries was in lignite in January-December period

The highest ratio⁽²⁾ of production to deliveries was in lignite by 102.2%. This ratio was 90.2% for coke derived from hard coal and 3.2% for hard coal in January-December period.

Hard coal and lignite were delivered mostly to thermal power plants

Concerning the deliveries of solid fuels in December, hard coal was delivered with a percentage of 61.2% to thermal power plants, 11.8% to coking plants, and 7.2% to industry (except iron and steel industry). On the other hand, 86.7% of lignite was delivered to thermal power plants and 8.4% to industry (except iron and steel industry). Lastly, 97.6% of coke derived from hard coal was delivered to iron and steel industry.

The next release on this subject will be on March 23, 2020.
                                                                                                                                                                              

EXPLANATIONS

(1) Asphaltite is included within lignite.
(2) It shows the proportion of marketable production in deliveries.
Ratio of production to deliveries = (marketable production quantity / delivery quantity)*100

Marketable production of lignite was 7 million 152 thousand 765 tonnes in November

Marketable production of lignite⁽¹⁾ decreased by 0.7% in November compared to the same month of the previous year, by 1.6% in January-November period compared to the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, its production increased by 0.1% compared to the previous month.

Marketable production of hard coal was 100 thousand 136 tonnes in November

Marketable production of hard coal decreased by 2.2% in November compared to the same month of the previous year. On the other hand, its production increased by 8.2% in January-November period compared to the same period of the previous year, and by 0.7% compared to the previous month.

Marketable production of coke derived from hard coal decreased by 3.4% in November compared to the same month of the previous year, by 5.7% compared to the previous month and by 1.7% in January-November period compared to the same period of the previous year.

Imports of hard coal increased by 6.8% monthly

Imports of hard coal increased by 46.4% compared to the same month of the previous year and by 6.8% compared to the previous month. On the other hand, its imports decreased by 3.6% in January-November period compared to the same period of the previous year.

Imports of coke derived from hard coal decreased by 67.2% compared to the same month of the previous year, by 34.4% in January-November period compared to the same period of the previous year, and by 65.5% compared to the previous month.

The lowest ratio of production to deliveries was in hard coal in January-November period

The lowest ratio⁽²⁾  of production to deliveries was in hard coal by 3.2%. This ratio was 90.8% for coke derived from hard coal and 102.9% for lignite in January-November period.

Hard coal and lignite were delivered mostly to thermal power plants

Concerning the deliveries of solid fuels in November, hard coal was delivered with a percentage of 54.4% to thermal power plants, 15.8% to coking plants, and 8.1% to industry (except iron and steel industry). On the other hand, 87.4% of lignite was delivered to thermal power plants and 8.1% to industry (except iron and steel industry). Lastly, 93.3% of coke derived from hard coal was delivered to iron and steel industry.

The next release on this subject will be on February 24, 2020.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

EXPLANATIONS

(1) Asphaltite is included within lignite.
(2) It shows the proportion of marketable production in deliveries.
Ratio of production to deliveries = (marketable production quantity / delivery quantity)*100

Marketable production of solid fuels was 99 thousand 487 tonnes for hard coal, 6 million 945 thousand  459 tonnes for lignite⁽¹⁾ and 387 thousand 89 tonnes for coke derived from hard coal in October 2019.  For the same month, deliveries⁽²⁾ were 3 million 966 thousand 622 tonnes for hard coal, 6 million 636 thousand 715 tonnes for lignite and 379 thousand 823 tonnes for coke derived from hard coal.

The lowest ratio of production to deliveries was in hard coal

The lowest ratio⁽³⁾ of marketable production to deliveries was in hard coal by 2.5%. This ratio was 101.9% for coke derived from hard coal and 104.7% for lignite.

Ratio of production to deliveries, October 2019

Hard coal and lignite were delivered mostly to the thermal power plants

Distribution of solid fuels according to breakdown of main delivery places was 54.1% to thermal power plants, 14% to coking plants, 7.8% to industry (except iron and steel industry) for hard coal whereas, 86.9% to thermal power plants, 7.9% to industry (except iron and steel industry) for lignite and 98.1% to iron and steel industry for coke derived from hard coal.

The next release on this subject will be on January 24, 2020.
                                                                                                                                          

EXPLANATIONS

(1) Asphaltite is included within lignite.
(2) Dispatching of the fuel from production, imports and stocks for consuming purposes.
(3) It shows the proportion of marketable production in deliveries.
Ratio of production to deliveries = (marketable production quantity / delivery quantity)*100

Marketable production of solid fuels was 118 thousand 360 tonnes for hard coal, 7 million 790 thousand 411 tonnes for lignite⁽¹⁾ and 362 thousand 40 tonnes for coke derived from hard coal in September 2019. For the same month, deliveries⁽²⁾ were 3 million 822 thousand 650 tonnes for hard coal, 7 million 66 thousand 677 tonnes for lignite and 357 thousand 796 tonnes for coke derived from hard coal.

The lowest ratio of production to deliveries was in hard coal

The lowest ratio⁽³⁾ of marketable production to deliveries was in hard coal by 3.1%. This ratio was 101.2% for coke derived from hard coal and 110.2% for lignite.

Ratio of production to deliveries, September 2019

Hard coal and lignite were delivered mostly to the thermal power plants

Distribution of solid fuels according to breakdown of main delivery places was 55.6% to thermal power plants, 14.4% to coking plants, 7.5% to industry (except iron and steel industry) for hard coal whereas, 86.3% to thermal power plants, 8.9% to industry (except iron and steel industry) for lignite and 96.5% to iron and steel industry for coke derived from hard coal.

The next release on this subject will be on December 27, 2019.
                                                                                                                                                

EXPLANATIONS

(1) Asphaltite is included within lignite.
(2) Dispatching of the fuel from production, imports and stocks for consuming purposes.
(3) It shows the proportion of marketable production in deliveries.
Ratio of production to deliveries = (marketable production quantity / delivery quantity)*100

Maximum production and delivery were in ligniteMarketable production of solid fuels was 108 thousand 398 tonnes for hard coal, 6 million 284 thousand 245 tonnes for lignite⁽¹⁾ and 385 thousand 817 tonnes for coke derived from hard coal in March 2019. For the same month, deliveries⁽²⁾ were 2 million 791 thousand 516 tonnes for hard coal, 6 million 212 thousand 659 tonnes for lignite and 444 thousand 256 tonnes for coke derived from hard coal.

The lowest ratio of production to deliveries was in hard coal

The lowest ratio⁽³⁾ of marketable production to deliveries was in hard coal by 3.9%. This ratio was 86.8% for coke derived from hard coal and 101.2% for lignite.

Ratio of production to deliveries, March 2019

Hard coal and lignite were delivered mostly to the thermal power plants

Distribution of solid fuels according to breakdown of main delivery places was 57.4% to thermal power plants, 21.7% to coking plants, 6.3% to industry (except iron and steel industry) for hard coal whereas, 89.2% to thermal power plants, 7.8% to industry (except iron and steel industry) for lignite and 97% to iron and steel industry for coke derived from hard coal.

The next release on this subject will be on June 28, 2019.

EXPLANATIONS

(1) Asphaltite is included within lignite.
(2) Dispatching of the fuel from production, imports and stocks for consuming purposes.
(3) It shows the proportion of marketable production in deliveries.
Ratio of production to deliveries = (marketable production quantity / delivery quantity)*100